Burial vault



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BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATION H'LED APR. 29, 1921.

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BURIAL VAULT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 29(192].

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BURVIAL i Application filed April 29,

To all whom'z't may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES B. FRANKLIN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Pineville, in theparishof Rapides and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Burial Vaults, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to burial vaults.

The object of the'invention is to provide forms by whicha ready-to-usewater-proof vault for burial caskets may be molded or cast.

It is also anobject of the invention that the forms be adapted to moldburialvaults of different lengths.

Other objects and objects relating to details of construction,combination and arrangement. of parts will hereinafter more definitelyappear in the detailed description to follow.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in which: I v 7 v Figure l is a top plan View of the formswhen assembled for molding,

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing the cement after thesame has been poured for forming a burial vault,

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section taken substantially on thelines 44 of Figure 1, and also showing the cement board for forming theburial vault,

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of an end portion of a burialvault after it has been lifted from the forms in which it was molded,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a lid for the vault,

Figure 7 is a detail view illustrating the sealing of the vault by itscover or lid.

Referring to the drawings more particu-, larly, 10 indicates a floor orplatform which, in the present instance, is covered with a thin sheetingof tin 11. Upon the sheeting of tin there rests an inner formgenerallyindicated at A. This form is rectangular in cross section and comprisestwo sections 11 and 12, the section 12 being shorter than the section11, and also its side walls telescoping the side walls of the section11, as clearly shown in Figure 2. Each section 11 and 12 comprises apair of side plates 13, end plate 14;, and a top plate 15, therespective plates vertical Specification-of Letters Patent.

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1921. Serial N0. 465,395.

forming the corresponding, walls thereof. The plates of each sectionaresecured to- Patented Ma a-1922.

gether by angle members as at 16. Also the side plates provided with 'apair of eye bolts Figure 2,

13 of thesection'll are braced by angle members as at 17. Each'se'ctionis also of eye bolts arein, alinement with each other. I

so that a rod (not shown) may be passed therethrough to be used inlifting the form A as a whole.

About thefo rm A there is positioned an outer form generally indicatedat The form B likewise comprises twosections 1 8 and '19, the section 1918 similar to the sections constituting the form The form By isalsorectangular in cross section; and the sections 18 and 19 each comprise aan end .plate 21".

thereof, are secured togetherand' braced by 1 angle irons in a mannersimilar to that of of the sections 18 and 19 of the mold B I provide apair of side members 23, which when bolted to cross beams 24'are'adapted to slide over the side plates tions, as shown in Figure 1.The side members 28 are each formed with a groove 25 adapted forreceiving the upper ends of the braces 26, said braces beingsecured attheir being the shortest, and 1ts sides telescoping the sides of thesection pair of side plates 20 and v The plates forming each section andlikewise representing the walls 20 of the two seclower ends to the angleirons 22. Also there i I may be secured to'the floor adjacent eachv endof the form B a cross beam 27 the purpose of which willbe to furtherbrace the ends of thefform B.v The end and side plates forming the wallsof the forms A and B are interspaced as shown in Figures 2 and 4:, andin between the lower edges of said walls there is interposed asubstantially triangular 28 is preferablyhollow and comprises twosections, one tele shaped mold 28. The mold scopic within the other asindicated at 29, Figure 3. The object of making the mold 28 extensibleis of course obvious in view of the fact that the molds A and B are bothextensible.

In molding the burial vaults, the space between the walls of the twoterms A and B is filled with cement or a similar plastic materialadapted for the same purpose and allowed to set. When the cement has setand is lifted as a whole from the forms, a burial vault 30 as shown inFigure 5, is produced. The V-shaped groove 31 also shown is of courseformed by the triangular shaped mold 28. The reinforcing rods .32 are ofcourse positioned in between the walls of the molds previous to thepouring of the cement.

It may be here pointed out that the end walls of the inner and outerforms are in the same spaced relation as the side walls thereof. Thissame relation of the walls is maintained when burial vaults or differentlengths are formed.

As a closure for the vault, I provide a lid or cover 33, as shown inFigure 6. The cover has a substantially V-shaped projec-v tion 34 formedabout its bottom edge which is adapted to extend .into the \l-shapedgroove 31, as shown in Figure 7. The lid or cover 33 may likewise beformed in different lengths by providing a mold which is longitudinallyextensible as has been shown and described for forming the burial vault30. Also reinforcing strips may be inserted in the cover 33, as at 35.

When it is desired to hermetically seal the vault grout is poured intothe groove 31, and then the lid 33 placed in position. A. layer of groutwill then be formed between the surface of the V-shaped projection 33and the groove 31, thus hermetically sealing the burial vault.

I claim 1. In combinttion, an outer form and an inner form, a pair oftelescopic sections constituting each of said forms, whereby the lengththereof may be adjusted, and the interspacing between their end wallsmade to correspond with the interspacing between their side walls, and atriangular shaped mold interposed between the said end walls and sidewalls comprising two telescopic sections whereby the triangular shapedmold may be adjusted with the outer and inner forms.

2. In combination, an outer form and an inner form, the side walls ofwhich are telescopic for adjusting the length thereof, and a triangularform interposed between the said side walls and end walls at the loweredges thereof, the triangular form comprising sections adapted to permitthe length thereof to be ad usted.

CHARLES BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

